June 2012

Industry News

The next intake for the certifi cate, diploma and advanced diploma programmes off ered by the Australian Logistics Academy is open for registration. Leading to an internationally recognized qualifi cation, students can study at their own pace anywhere in the world.... Read More

Weiss Röhlig has opened a project forwarding division in Taiwan to meet growing demand for outsize cargo solutions. This was the latest development by Weiss Röhlig to build a regional project cargo network across Asia. The expansion is being managed by the corporate project division in Vienna by Franco Ravazzolo.... Read More

The German Grenzebach Group has acquired an 11.26 percent equity stake in Swisslog Holding AG. With this acquisition, Grenzebach becomes the largest single shareholder of Swisslog Holding.... Read More

Ceva Logistics announced the launch of its Less than Truck Load (LTL) service as part of Ceva Ground’s cross-border road freight offering in Asia Pacific. The LTL service will enhance Ceva’s existing cross-border solution which runs from Singapore to China with an average of 500 trips each month for various multinational customers in the region.... Read More

Barloworld Logistics secured the contract for Hong Kong’s largest bi-annual wine exhibition, Vinexpo Asia Pacific, for the third time. Barloworld was awarded the contract for the Hong Kong event by W&S Logistics, the official French logistics partner of organizer Vinexpo Asia Pacific.... Read More

HID Global’s manufacturing innovation enables the use of the world’s smallest integrated low-frequency (LF) chips ever produced for contactless ID applications. HID Global is the first company that can eff ectively attach an antenna via its patented direct bonding technology to a chip surface less than 0.3 millimeters square, which is smaller than the pinpoint of a needle. This area is 50 to 75 percent smaller than the industry’s smallest chips previously used for deployment in LF radio frequency identifi cation (RFID) tags and transponders.... Read More

Panalpina is currently operating the only facility for crossdocking and interim storage with airside access at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport with an official GDP certifi cation. The certifi cate was issued by the Dutch Ministry of Health.... Read More

Drewry Maritime Research and CargoSmart have entered into a cooperation agreement that will introduce a wider range of container key performance indicators (KPIs) to help importers and exporters benchmark their carriers’ service levels.... Read More

Dachser has established a joint venture in Malaysia and the services provided range from air and sea freight business to customs clearance and other logistics services such as special transports. It planned to employ a staff of 15. The joint venture is between Dachser and Malaysian entrepreneur Ah Seng Tan (holdings in Multitrans, Megalift). The head office and at the same time first branch office are located in Petaling Jaya, near the capital Kuala Lumpur. There are also plans to open a second branch office.... Read More

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has selected Kewill, as one of the three consortia to develop infocomm technology (ICT) solutions, to manage paperless airfreight processes in Singapore as part of the e-freight@ Singapore programme.... Read More

Cycleon has opened an office in Singapore in order to develop reverse logistics solutions throughout the Asia Pacific region. The Cycleon system provides easy access for end users to return their products.... Read More

Software & Systems

With a growth strategy and plans to launch a multi-channel retail offering, PT Multitrend Indo works with Manhattan Associates in delivering WMS implementations throughout Indonesia and the Asia Pacific region. By JEFF BAUM.... Read More

Last Mile

GOPAL R says that Asia PacificÊ¼s transportation and logistics market is expanding at 7.6 percent despite global uncertainties while that of Singapore is growing at 6.2 percent to reach US$40.79 billion in 2016.... Read More

Editors Comment

Supply chain risks, if left unmitigated, will disrupt the normal flow of business activities and eventually, negatively impact on profi tability. Companies need to assess the locations of the points of failure along the entire supply chain and come up with contingency plans to counter them.... Read More

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